Non-refillable bottle.



No. 703,398. Patented July I902.

E. FIGHTER; 'NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE. (Applicafiioq filed Mar. 29, 1902.) (No Model.)

2 P q a INVENTOR,

ATTO RN EYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EUGENE FIGHTER, OF PATERSON, NEIV JERSEY.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

i-SPECIFIQATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 703,398, dated July 1, 1902.

Application filed March 29,1902. $e1ial No. 100,514. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom if may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE FIGHTER, a citizen of the United States, residing in Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying, drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. v

Thisinvention relates to non-refillable bottles; and it consists of an improved article of this nature constructed substantially as will be hereinafter pointed out, and finally embodied in the claim, the principal object of the invention being to provide a non-refillable bottle which is simple and inexpensive in construction, being readily assembled after being once filled and quickly and easily emptied of its contents notwithstanding its non-refilling means.

The invention will be found fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, where- 1n Figure 1 is a view of the upper portion of my improved bottle, showing the neck in section, so as to clearlydisclose the parts which prevent non-refilling. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of a detail of the invention. Fig. 3 is a view of the same detail in side elevation, except where for a small portion thereof it appears in section; and Fig. 4il1ustrates a modified form of the invention, the bottle-neck being here also shown in section to disclose the mechanism.

The bottle (designated by o has a somewhat-elongated neck 1), whose duct 0 near its lower end is tapered, as at d. In the tapered portion (Z of the duct 0 is adapted to seat a spherical valve c. This valve'is kept in its place in the seat which it has in thetapered portion of the duct when the bottle stands vertical by a spherical Weight f. Above the spheres c and f is arranged a guard g. (Best shown in Figs. 2 and 3.) This guard consists of two split rings h, each having its meeting ends 2' spaced. (See Fig. 2.) These rings lie one above the other; but the spaces between their ends do not register, though 1 they are relatively close together. (See Fig. 2.) Between the rings extend the edges of two substantially semicircular perforated disks 7c, the straight edges Z of said disks slightly overlapping each other. By means of layers of solder m, interposed between the disks and the ring, these parts are secured together to form one integral body. Thus, it being remarked that the rings h are elastic, it will be seen that the guard is compressible to reduce its diameter.

'It is an annular recess forming a seat for the guard, said seat being so disposed that the guard is but slightly spaced from the sphere f when the spheres c andfare at rest with the bottle in its vertical position.

In the modified form of the invention shown in Fig. 4 the construction is substantially similar to that already described, With the exception that the recess or seat a is disposed above and partly formed by an annular shoulder 19, forming an integral part of the bottleneck and also'except that from the inner edge of its shoulder the duct 0 diverges, as at 0, to the point where the tapering of the lower end of the duct (at d) commences.

When the bottle is initially filled, the movable parts are of course not yet in place. When the filling is complete, the spheres are first introduced and then the contractile guardforcedinto its seat. From here it will be impossible to remove it by any practical means, it being remarked that its perforations are made small enough so that they will receive no ordinary tool. In consequence after the bottle is once emptiedit 'will be practicallyimpossible torefill it,-sinceas long as it stands substantially in the vertical position the sphere f will force the sphere e against its seat, closing off the passage to the body of the bottle. In the modified form of will act against the sphere e even though the bottle be horizontal on account of the diverrings with its sections overla ing each other, 10

gence of the duct 0 at this point. substantially as described.

Having thus fully described my invention, In testimony that I claim the foregoing I what I claim as new, and desire to secure by have hereunto set my hand this 25th day of A guard for non-refillable bottles consist Letters Patent, isl March, 1902. ing of two split rings disposed the one above \Vitnesses:

EUGENE FIGHTER.

the other in combination with a divided per- JAMES B. NEWTON, forated disk-like body seeured between said I ROBERT J. POLLITT. 

